Shemaghs
 

We all see them and you can find them for sale everywhere. They've become kinda of a fashion thing now. Big in the UK and this summer I've noticed its starting to take off here in Halifax NS, ow I've been wearing mine around town a lot last year and kinda stray from wearing it now because there becoming big.

Now the real reason why I started this thread, there are so many people selling these which ones are authentic? I originally got my Shemagh from Seals Action Gear a few years ago and its still doing fine, but recently I felt the need to buy another one, not necessarily a OD or Tan one but a traditional red and white one. Now heres the thing where can I buy one that I know is authentic and properly made. Also does anyone have info on the differences between a Shemagh and a Keffiyeh, and if there are any more Arab or Middle Eastern scarfs I don't know about. I want to be informed so I know.

I bought one last fall but haven't worn it yet, more so that I'm not used to it as it's bulkier than I normally wear around my neck or head, nor do I know cool ways to tie it on aside form the headwear instructions. Want to wear mine, but really haven't found much of a use for it during game play though.

Nutshell, haven't answered any of your questions, but added more questions to your thread. Hope you don't mind.

theres another thread on here on wearing them, but yeah I need to know some more stuff.

Oh god, I now see those skate borders wearing colours ones with those weavy black designs on them with those little strings hanging off the sides..
I thought to myself, wow those look really familiar.

I just tried to do some of my own research on the shemagh, from what I read a shemagh is a Keffiyeh just with a different pattern. Also that its only called a Shemagh because of the British soldiers from ww2 but the style of shemagh we know is called a shmagh and thats not a typo.

Yea so heres a Keffiyeh:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...h_keffiyeh.jpg
Notice the pattern, I believe this is a more traditional pattern.

Well I also found a new one its like a shemagh/Keffiyeh but its from Jordan and is called yashmagh. It looks like the real difference between all these is that the design/pattern is different. It also seems like there so much confousetion on these its hard to find true info or reliable info that is. Also I would never know if i'm buying the real deal unless its from a stand in the middle east.

ok once again I found a little more info, well more names. The keffiyeh is also known as a shmagh, shemagh or yashmag, a ghutra or a hatta.

shemagh became so popular, i've seen atleast 15 people wearin it today at my school. I to had been lookin for this baby, probably goin to drive down at seals action gear tommorow to get a tan and OD

I bought mine in Afghanistan :D

your lucky you can just go to Seals, I have to order them. Now I have a hate/love relationship with the idea of people wearing them as a fashion item. I use to do it last winter to protect my face from blowing snow, I only wear one now when I wear my Shemagh hat now. I now get upset when I see people wearing the very bright colored shemaghs, I think to myself do they even know the name of the item there wearing.

Lucky.

The one I have is made in pakistan so it's "Authentic" in so much that it's from one of the authentic countries that make it. A&A Surplus.

I wear it when biking on windy days, keeps that wind and dust out of my face. I also wear it to keep warm and out of the cold winter air. Other than that, it remains unworn. It came in handy a couple weeks ago when it was retardedly cold out.

shemagh's that i bought from seals today!

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8295/hpim0071tv9.jpg

I have one similar to the one on the bottom there from Armyissue, very nice quality!

it's really a good quality and very comfortable

You guys should try ebay. I got one from Isreal for under $20 total. (Including shipping ect.) It is the traditional red and white. There are many more to choose from. Check it out.